For the second week in a row, St. Francis needed to wait until the final play of the game to know the outcome. Thankfully for the Golden Knights, it’s been all good news of late. After taking a 28-7 lead in the first half, Dorsey came all the way back and looked in control. But […]
For the second week in a row, St. Francis needed to wait until the final play of the game to know the outcome.
Thankfully for the Golden Knights, it’s been all good news of late.
After taking a 28-7 lead in the first half, Dorsey came all the way back and looked in control.
But Elijah Washington’s late 1-yard TD run, and a defensive stand that ended with Daniel Scott making a play in the end zone led to St. Francis’ 34-28 win over visiting Dorsey.
Michael Bonds had another solid night at quarterback, including 3 TD passes.
Bonds hit Daniel Scott on an 11-yard TD in the first quarter before Isaiah Smalls’ 5-yard run got Dorsey even.
Bonds then hit Washington, who took a screen pass 25 yards for the score, and then threw a 25-yard score to Gabriel Matthews.
Jace Harrick’s 1-yard TD run gave St. Francis a 28-7 lead, but it looked like the Golden Knights went into the break on cruise control.
Dorsey came out and scored three times and held St. Francis to just two offensive plays in the third quarter, and one resulted in Bonds’ lone interception of the night.
But Washington’s 1-yard score with 3:43 to play after a defensive stand put momentum back in the Golden Knights favor until Dulles Hanula’s extra-point attempt was blocked, giving St. Francis the 34-28 lead.
It also meant, though, a TD and extra-point from Dorsey would end the St. Francis undefeated streak.
Jerman Gotoy, who threw two second-half TD passes, drove Dorsey (2-2) from its own 10-yard line to the 18 yard line with 7.2 seconds to play.
On the final play of the game, Gotoy threw the ball deep into the far right corner of the end zone and Daniel Scott had what looked to be an interception.
The referees called Scott out of bounds and film looked to back that up, but Scott’s play on defense won the game, and the Golden Knights improve to 4-0.
Bonds finished 13 of 18 for 200 yards, the three TD passes and one pick.
Harrick had 69 yards on 12 carries and a TD.
Greg Dulcich, Daniel Scott, Elijah Washington and Gabriel Matthews all had huge games at receiver for the Golden Knights, who continue at home for the next three weeks.
St. Francis will host Buena Park, La Salle and Salesian in consecutive weeks.
“I think we got a little complacent when we got up 28-7 and downshifted,” St. Francis coach Jim Bonds said. “We had a lot of good things. Our offense clicked in the first half, but we need to eliminate turnovers.”
Bonds spoke about his weapons on offense.
“The more Michael (Bonds, his nephew) spreads the ball around, the more dangerous we’re going to be. If he continues to do that, we’re going to be tough to beat.”
But if was the defense that earned the victory.
“We kept everything in front of us and Daniel (Scott) was in great position and came down to the last play for the second week in a row.”
Washington had just two carries, but his second was the game winner, and he took a 25-yard screen pass for another score in the first half.
“I just try to help my team the best I can,” Washington said. “On the goal line with about two minutes left, I scored a touchdown from about two yards out and it turned out to be the game winner. We got kind of lazy when we got up 28-7, but after that our defense held strong and got the win.”
Box Score:
Dorsey: 7-7-14-7-(28)
St. Francis: 7-21-0-6-(34)
SF: Daniel Scott 11 pass from Michael Bonds (Dulles Hanula kick)
D: Isaiah Small 5 run (Christian Ramos kick)
SF: Elijah Washington 25 pass from Bonds (Hanula kick)
SF: Gabriel Matthews 25 pass from Bonds (Hanula kick)
SF: Jace Harrick 1 run (Hanula kick)
D: Elijah Boykins 23 pass from Jerman Gotoy (Ramos kick)
D: Boykins 19 pass from Gotoy (Ramos kick)
D: Charles Mincy 10 run (Ramos kick)
SF: Washington 2 run (kick blocked)
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